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    SPORT

    Jan 11, 2023 2 minutes

    There is no more terrifying sporting place of work than a ski-jump tower.

    Forget walking out at Wembley with 80,000 voices bellowing out their affiliation. Never mind the summit of an Alpine climb in the Tour de France before you make the descent. The top of a 10-metre diving board, petrifying as it might be as you stand on

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